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Working
hand-in-hand with the people of Kitui in Eastern Kenya to
fight Poverty,
Injustice, Inequality
Make
a start today- Find
out here why we
should help Kitui |
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Friends
of Kitui and Trocaire team up!
To
strengthen our support of the people of Kitui,
Friends of Kitui have entered a three way agreement with
Trocaire and the Diocese of Kitui. Read
More Here
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School
Building Project- May
10th 2008 Update
Pictured
below - construction work on two blocks viewed from a third
block (which is now at third floor level) for the new St Michaels Secondary School at Kavati, near Kitui town,
funded
by Friends of Kitui
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The
People of Nguutani in Kitui are looking for a partner
community in Ireland
Click Here
for more |
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About
Friends of Kitui-
About
our Projects:
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Want to
help- today?
Go to
our donation
page and
select a project. It will make you feel good, and more
important, it will make a real difference to someone else
in Kitui.
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We
believe in sustainable development. This means that our
projects are geared towards empowering our
partners through provision of water, education and
capacity-building to free up their time for productive
activity and to engage in income-generating projects which they will continue to
develop and expand under their own initiative.
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Rathgar
parish raises €26,000 for Kitui
Just a
few months after Rathgar partnered the parish of Kyuso in
Kitui, over €26,000 has been raised
- Click
Here for more
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Empowerment
of Women- The Honey Project |
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 (Left)
A composite photograph of a training session for a group of
women from the Parish of Zombe, Kitui, who are about to set
up a small scale honey production facility supported by
Friends of Kitui (11th April 2007)
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Help improve the
status of women in Kitui. |
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date, Friends of Kitui have supplied and installed over 200
hives in Kitui. Click HERE for an update on the Honey
Project |
| For generations,
women have borne the greatest burden of famine,
discrimination, and being treated as second class citizens.
Kitui has had a women's programme for over fifteen years with a full time
women's co-ordinator working for the financial, cultural and social
empowerment of all women. As part
of this we now have a micro credit and finance scheme for our women.
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Worldwide, more than
two thirds of those living in poverty are women.The
underlying reasons are the status of women, gender issues,
equality- see HERE how Friends
of Kitui helps to address these issues in Kitui
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| Our dream
- which is now coming true after some hiccups at the
beginning-is to initiate a honey business in each of the 23 parishes
of the Diocese that will be managed, owned and operated for the sole purpose of empowering
women financially. In this way the
women
will have economic power to direct their own lives and have resources to care
for their families. |
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The
average per capita income in Kitui is less than €2 per
day |
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Friends
of Kitui provide
more clean water for the people of Kitui:- |
Update on Food and Water situation in
Kitui- April 2008
Click
HERE
for a full report
The
average return distance to the water points in the marginal
mixed farming livelihood zone currently ranges from 6 to 10
Kms and the main source of water is traditional river
wells. The distances
within the mixed farming livelihood zones are slightly less
– 3 Kms return distances. The trend is not normal.
Rampant
incidences of coughing, sneezing and Malaria among the
children were reported during the month in Mwingi District.
Most
low income households have consumed their recently
harvested maize/bean crops and are currently selling sheep
and goats to sustain their domestic food requirement. |
The "Wells for Africa"
campaign organised by Sheila O'Malley and Gerry Jones has
now raised funds for water projects serving almost 3000
people in Kitui. The first two wells constructed are shown
here (right). As of April 2007, a further three sub-surface
dams are nearing completion.
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The
Committee for Kiatineni Well, funded by the Seaver family,
hold their plaque |
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And
at Musuoni Well, the Chairman holds the plaque from Loreto
Primary School, Dalkey |
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Sponsoring
Education of Orphans |
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More than 130 orphans are now being
sponsored by Friends of Kitui |
(Right) Kevin
O'Boyle visits the home of one of the children
sponsored by Friends of Kitui, 25th November 2006 |
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Sponsorship
means that each child gets food, accommodation and tuition
for a school year- all for €500
We need sponsors for
another 67 orphans Read
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Building a New
School in Kitui |
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(Left)
Kevin O'Boyle, Fr.Paul Healy, Aidan
Corless on the site for the new St Michael's School now
under construction by Friends of Kitui. Read
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(Click on picture to
enlarge)
As
of September 2007, construction has started and we have now raised
€200k out of the total projected cost of €450k. We need your help
to complete this very worthwhile project which will have a
lasting impact on the lives of hundreds each year, every
year, in Kitui.
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For
more information, or to make a donation, contact:
Aidan
Corless
"Kinvara"
Westminster
Road,
Dublin
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Ireland
Telephone
+353-1-289-2393
e-mail:
aidan@friendsofkitui.com |
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How other groups are helping Kitui |
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Dublin's
Rathgar Parish forms
Partnership with Kyuso in Kitui
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The
H2O Challenge!
How the
people of Minnesota are helping Kitui Click here
for more |
We want to start
a small business enterprise in Kitui.
If you are in
the Engineering
or Printing
Business, we need your help.
Click
here for details
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Learn
more about Kitui-
geography, history,
it's people, and statistics- and why we should help.
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By volunteering your
time and your expertise, by making a donation, by
supporting your neighbours in their efforts on behalf of
Kitui, you can make a real difference to the lives of
others
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